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The Marsden relaunches 95% LTV deal at 4.99%

Marsden Building Society has relaunched a new 95% loan to value (LTV) residential mortgage...

Appointed Representatives should share responsibility for regulatory compliance

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reaffirmed its support for the Appointed Representatives (AR)...

Teachers BS appoints new CEO

Teachers Building Society has announced the appointment of Gavin Opperman as its next CEO...

Rightmove calls for more support for first-time buyers

The government has announced a £20 million investment to boost community-led housing, supporting the...

Scotland’s mortgage market gets a green boost with new training programme

The Green Finance Institute (GFI), in collaboration with the Scottish Government, is launching its...

Calls for urgent reform as probate delays impact consumers and financial planning

The probate and inheritance process is failing consumers, with professionals calling for urgent reforms...

Simplybiz issues members with compliance digitisation tool

Simplybiz has introduced a new compliance digitisation tool, Navigator, available exclusively to its member...

Vida cuts rates by up to 54 basis points

Vida Homeloans has introduced reductions on its residential products by up to 30 basis...

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries partners with PRIMIS

Specialist lender CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has agreed a new partnership with PRIMIS Mortgage...

Pepper Money unveils limited edition remortgage cashback

Pepper Money is helping customers with recent adverse credit to boost their cashflow, with...

InterBay completes complex £10m loan deal

InterBay, part of OSB Group, has completed on two complex multi let properties, totalling...

VouchedFor adds adviser gender search filter

VouchedFor, the review site for financial and mortgage advisers, has introduced a new feature...

Widespread public misapprehension over digital property transactions

There is a distinct lack of accessible and reliable information on digital property transactions...

Landbay lowers rates on limited edition small HMO and MUFB products

Landbay has made rate reductions of 10 basis points (bps) across its limited edition...

COMMENT

The FCA protection market study shouldn’t ignore redundancy

Considering a third of employers are likely to implement staff redundancies by January 2027, according to Acas, redundancy cover shouldn’t be ignored in wider...

If AI gives us more time to think, we must learn how to think well

The great promise of AI in financial services is usually expressed in terms of what it can remove. Less administration, less duplication, fewer manual...

The right scrutiny is a precursor of growing lending safely

Credit markets have always had to accommodate change, but there are periods when the assumptions on which they have been built begin to move...

Only one in five of your clients thinks your fee was justified

You know the moment. 40 minutes in. Gone well. They like you, you like them, everyone's getting on. Then you have to say the fee. And...

I’m 49. My dad’s 73. Between us we’ve found the hole in later life lending

I turn 50 in December, and the marketing has already started. Funeral plans, over-50s life cover, “guaranteed acceptance” adverts wedged between the football highlights....

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WIS Mortgages sets out five-year adviser growth strategy

WIS Mortgages has announced a five-year growth plan centred on expanding its adviser community...

Nivo targets specialist lenders with AI-powered case management service

Nivo has launched an AI case coordination platform aimed at helping specialist lenders process...

New Leaf Network extends Twenty7tec technology agreement

New Leaf Network has agreed a further three-year partnership with Twenty7tec, retaining the technology...

HTB provides £9.8m funding for North West property portfolio

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has refinanced a portfolio of 40 properties in the North...

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